This was a def a new favorite of this series!! i really liked the mystery in this one as well!! I also really like all the side characters!! I also like the elements of this story and the airplans elemetnts this was such a fun and quick read!! It was a fun read and again hard to recap!! ( )

This was a def a new favorite of this series!! i really liked the mystery in this one as well!! I also really like all the side characters!! I also like the elements of this story and the airplans elemetnts this was such a fun and quick read!! It was a fun read and again hard to recap!! ( )

This is another delightful installment in this incredibly entertaining series. The mysteries are well plotted, but the real treat is the characters the author has created. The verbal banter is hilarious and the dry wit makes me wish I could go hang out with them. I highly recommend this series. It will brighten your day and be a fabulous way to pass the time. ( )

Another fun read by Mr. Kinsey. I have been thoroughly enjoying this series and this book did not disappoint. A good historical English who-done-it always piques my interest, add to that exceptional dialog between the characters (especially Flo and Emily) and this becomes most worthy read. ( )

To steal a bit from American advertising, no one can read just one Lady Hardcastle mystery; they're just too much fun. This series is the perfect, light-hearted, witty look at turn-of-the-century England when all was still right with the world... or at least it felt that way. I've been laughing my way through this series, and although I had already downloaded this book to my Kindle, I couldn't resist giving the audiobook version a try. I'm pleased to say that it was a complete success. Not only was the story what I've come to expect from T.E. Kinsey, but the narration by Elizabeth Knowleden was splendid.

With Lady Hardcastle's brother making a personal appeal for help, the two women turn their backs on what promised to be a sedate yet lovely summer and turn to a "summer of flying lessons and snooping." Each book in this series has touched upon some new innovation at the turn of the twentieth century, and this time it's aviation. With the clock ticking down to the cataclysm known now known as World War I, readers also get a bit of industrial espionage thrown in for good measure. And while readers are learning, they're having a jolly good time.

One of the absolute best parts of this book and the entire series is the repartee between Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence Armstrong. Both are multi-talented, and we're not talking about petit point and painting pretty little flowers on china plates. Lady H and Flo love each other dearly and depend on each other completely, and they certainly do enjoy poking a little fun at each other from time to time. It's what dear friends do. Add to this wonderful concoction Lady H's brother, who fits right in. He calls Florence "Strongarm" instead of Armstrong, and Flo calls him "Featherstonehuff." Now this is a play on names that Americans might not grasp. You see, on that side of the pond, the name Featherstonehaugh is pronounced "Fanshaw." Don't ask me why, I just know that there is a boatload of similar names the British butcher with impunity. (I think they do it just to confuse the rest of us.)

Along with flying in canvas and balsa wood planes and creeping around airplane hangars at night, Lady Hardcastle and Florence get to deal with the annual village show, which adds more mayhem and hilarity to the proceedings.

If you like some light-hearted fun along with your knowledge gathering and mystery deduction, please give this series a try. I love these books to bits! ( )